Dave
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I was in town today and the Thomas sale was going on so we ran out and watched for about an hour. We missed the first half hour or so. I am thinking the highest dollar bulls sold during that time. There was 220 bulls in the catalog. There was 20 that were dropped for one reason or another. All of the bulls are AI sired. If you look at their webpage they list 17 bulls that they use. They started the sale with Lot #301. I started writing down sale prices with lot 350 and quit at 390 when we left. I am guessing what I watched sell averaged $4,500-$4,700. Interesting with all the SAV talk we have had here this is a big time Angus breeder and only 9 of the bulls had a SAV sire. Seven were by SAV Resource 1441 and two by SAV Renown 3439. They did not sell well. Of the 40 bull that I wrote selling price only 4 brought $3,000. Two of them were SAV sired. And three of the SAV sired bulls brought $3,500. The nine averaged $3,916. A Quaker Hill Firestom3PT1 son was the highest selling bull that I recorded at $6,000. I know there were higher priced bulls sell before I got a catalog and started recording.
Where I really messed up was Harrell Herefords sold yesterday along with Harrell/McKenzie stock horses. Free lunch. Then there is a "Cowboy Gathering" at the Geiser Grand Hotel in down town Baker City. Free buffet dinner. Then this morning you could look at the bulls at 8:00 and get in on free breakfast. Followed by another free lunch before the sale. Then the neighbor (his wife works for Thomas) said that after the sale there is a party at the house (I could have tagged along with him). Had I been paying attention I could have ate for free for two days.
Where I really messed up was Harrell Herefords sold yesterday along with Harrell/McKenzie stock horses. Free lunch. Then there is a "Cowboy Gathering" at the Geiser Grand Hotel in down town Baker City. Free buffet dinner. Then this morning you could look at the bulls at 8:00 and get in on free breakfast. Followed by another free lunch before the sale. Then the neighbor (his wife works for Thomas) said that after the sale there is a party at the house (I could have tagged along with him). Had I been paying attention I could have ate for free for two days.